Carpet-sweeper



(No Model.)

E. B.OLARKE.

CARPET SWEEBER.

No. 325,732. Patented Spt. 8, 1885..

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERWIN B. CLARKE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CARPET-SWEEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,732, dated septeniber 8 1885.

Application filed July 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERWIN B. CLA KE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful I'mprovements in OurpetSweepers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in carpet-sweepers; and it has for its object to combine durability, simplicity, and cheapness of construction; and to this end itconsists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully. described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which 7 Figure 1 is a vertical section on the lineman of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sweeper, a portion being broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the combined bail-ear and hinge. Fig. at is a section on the linezz of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a side view of the combined bail-ear and hinge. Fig. 6 is afront view of thespring or catch. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 3 31 of Fig. 6.

. Similar letters refer to si milarparts throughout the several views.

A represents the casing of the sweeper, which is constructed in the ordinary manner, and B is the cover of the same. The cover B is hinged to the casing A by means of a hinge constructed in the following manner: One portion of said hinge consists of a perforated wing, m, adapted to be secured to the under side of the cover B at a suitable point by means of a screw or other well-known fastening, and having a cylindrical portion, f, perforated as shown in Fig. 4. The other portion of the hinge gis secured to the casing by means of screws passing through perforated wings a n, and said portion is provided with a projecting lug or pintle, which fits into the perforation in partf, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. r

In order to simplify the device and render the same cheap, I construct the part 9 of the hinge with a recess, 9, adapted to receive one end of the bail, whereby the hinge serves the twofold purpose of hinging the cover 13 to the casing and connecting the bail to the same.

The bail is constructed of two arms, d (2', cast in one piece, as shown in Fig. 2, and the ends thereof are inserted in the recesses gof the hinges, as before described. Said bail is provided at its central portion with a shank,

e, screw-threaded and adapted to be screwed into the usual wooden handle 0. Opposite said spindle the bail is provided with a lug or projection, a, preferably at an angle to the plane of the bale, for the purpose to be described. Secured to the rear end of the eas-v ing at a suitable point, by means of a screw or otherwise, is a spring, 0, having a perforation or recess, h, adapted to receive the lug a, before described.

When it is desired to empty the sweepercasing of the accumulated sweepings, the handie 0 is lowered, and the'lug a enters and is held in the perforation h of the spring 0, thus preventing the bail from turning onits hinges, and the sweeper may be then inverted or turned over, when the lid or cover B will drop bygravity, allowing the sweepings to drop out.

Having thus-described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a carpet-sweeper, the combined hinge and bail-earfg, consisting of the perforated part f and the part 9, provided with a projecting lug or pintle fitting in the perforated part f, and having a recess, 9, in which is fitted one end of the bail, substantially as shown and described. 7

2. In combination'with the bail dd, hinged to the casing, as shown, and provided with the lug or projection a, the spring-catch 0, secured to the rear end of the casing and having the perforation or recess h, all arranged 0 and constructed substantially in the manner shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

nnwin B. CLARKE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. WARD, Roscon G. PHILBRIOK. 

